St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 5, 1917

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Warships Fire Many Rounds at German Base While Aviators Continue Bombing Raids at Bruges and Zeebrugge. 5 Activity at Northern End of English Line Indicates Im- portant Military Move- ment Is Near. German Destroyer Sunk, An- other Damaged in Fight at Long Range With British Squadron. —-e— LONDON, June 6.—A German destroy- er has been sunk and another damaged in a running fight between six German destroyers and Commodore Tyrwhitt’s squadron, the admiralty announces. . The admiralty also announced today that the German naval base at Ostend on the Belgian coast had been bom- The Brit- ish forces were undamaged. The text of the admiralty announce- ment reads: “The Vice-Admiral at Dover reports that the enemy naval base and work- shops at Ostend were heavily bombard- ed early this morning. Many rounds were fired with good results. The en- but our bombardment forces sufferea no damage. “Commodore Tyrwhitt aiso reports that his force of light cruisers and de- stroyers engaged six German destroy- ers at long range in a running fight. One of them, the 8-20, was sunk by our gun fire and another severely damaged. Seven survivors from the 8-20 have bee:: our side.”’ The bombardment of Ostend is anothef indication that an important military movement in Northern France and Bel- gium is planned by Gen. Haig. The artiliery and aerial activity continues at the northern end of the battle front and eeveral air raids have been made by the British forces on the German bases at Ostend, Zeebrugge and Bruges. The aerial attacks on German estab- lishments in Belgium are being con- tinued vigorously by the British. Fur- ther operations were reported officially today as follows: “Naval airplanes on Sunday night at- tacked the airdome at St. Denis Wes- trem, near Ghent. Many bombs were dropped with good results. Thé enemy’s seaplane base at Zeebrifgge was at- tacked by our seaplanes at the same time and shipping in Bruges also was bombed. All our machines returned safely. ” Activity South of Ypres. The most interesting feature in the Meager official reports is the repeated announcement of a tremendous artillery duel in progress around the little Bel- gian village. of Wytschaete, about five miles south of Ypres. From this point as far south as the famous Vimy Ridge, #0 miles away, the guns are roaring day and night, apparently indicating that Gen. Haig has chosen this wide sector for his next big blow. In this connec- tion it is recalled that Gen. Maurice, Director-General of military operations, predicted some weeks ago that the next British offensive would be on a vaster scale than any which preceded it. Wytschaete marks the head of a short salient held by the Gérmans south of Ypres. This salient is roughly three miles deep and averages about the same extent in width. Its great im- pertance lies in the fact that it is the only high land between the British and Ulle. Once in the possession of the British their guns would command thal broad plain between the plateau and Lille, a distance of about 10 miles. French Retake Positions Near the Froidmont Farm. PARIS, June 5.—The positions cap- Wured by the Germans northwest of Froidmont farm on the Aisne front were retaken yesterday by the French, the War Office announces. Violent artillery fighting occurred in the Champagne. Vienna Puts Italian Losses in Tenth Battle at 180,000. VIENNA, June 5.—The losses of the at 180,000 In an offical “It is evident from a careful estimate — the Italian losses in the teuth #0 battle surpasses all the previous In the course ine, so that along a front of 4 eters half of the Italian army tacked The enemy’s losses in ktled Wounded positively surpass 160,000 Moreover, we took 16,000 prison- Making the total Italian losses*199,- Men. For his part, the enemy %ccu- Mount Kuk and the destroyed vi'- 6f Jamiano, which gains hardly the cry of victory on the second POST-DISPATCH _— a Cale Want Ads R other St. NED" St Louis hz “Onty Evening Paper im St Lous — a ~e W th the ——— Hw a ST. LOUIS, iS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1917—24 PAGES. SL LS “GERMANY HUNGRY, BUT DOES Ridicules Grumblers in London, written by Frederic Sefton Delmér, an Australian, who, before the war, held a lectureship in Berlin University. but WAS interned at the Ruhleben prison camp until March, 1915. permitted to reside in Berlin, and re- cently allowed to come to London. Prof. Delmer expresses astonishment at the abundance of food, taxicabs and horses in London. as compared with those in Berlin. He ridicules grumblers | here who complained of shortage and | dearness of food. “They have no idea,” says Prof. Del- mer, “how ridiculous such grievances sound to anyone coming from a land on the verge of hunger, if not actual ttarvation. The con mption of food in Germany is now reduced to a point below which it cannot go without dis- aster to public health.”’ Nevertheless, he adds, the people man- age to get along and, although they srumbie, do not dream of giving in or slackening their efforts. He says it ‘hat any German collapse is in sight. PUBLICATION OF U. S. WAR AIMS WAITS ON ALLIES’ STATEMENTS Petrograd Defers Giving Out Ameri- can Reply Until Entente Nations Send Statements. PETROGRAD, June 5.—It has been learned that the publication here of the rejoinder of the United States Govern- ment to Russia’s note respecting aims of the United States in the war is be- ing deferred to the receipt of similar messages from Great Britain, France and Italy. , A dispatch from Petrograd, May 3, said the Russian provisional Govern- ment had sent to the Russian repre- sentatives in the entente allied countries & note assuring the allies that the change in the Government of Russia would not afford a pretext for any slackening on the part of Russia in the common struggle. The note said the Government deemed it to be its right and duty to.declare that free Russia did not aim at the domination of other nations, at depriv- ing them of their national patrimony or at occupying by force foreign terri- tories, but that {ts object was to estab- lish a durable peace on the basis of the rights of nations to’ decide their own destiny. MERIT OF ALCOHOL ATTACKED = woe age a Resolution Declares it Has No Medical Value. NEW YORK, June 5.—A resolution de- claring alcohol entirely without merit from a medical viewpoint was presented to the House of Delegates, the governing body of the American Medical Associa- tion, which opened its annual meeting here yesterday, by Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago. The resolution declared it was the unanimous opinion of the Council of Health, of which Billings is chairman, that alcohol has no drug value, either as a tonic or a stimulant or in any other therapeutic way, that it has no value as a food or in the treatment of disease, and that its only legitimate use in medi- cine is as a preservative and in the preparation of pharmaceutical products Doctors’ NOT DREAM OF GIVING IN” Australian, Allowed to Leave Berlin, LONDON, June 5.—The Times today prints the first of a series of articles Later he was would be utterly misleading to think, | Germany. 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